The government loses nearly three cents on every penny it mints. On a nickel, it loses nearly nine cents. More nickels would ...

Just about all of the coins you will come across in your lifetime are worth what they say they are worth -- a half dollar is ...

and the United States' financial institutions were in their infancy. Coins that've survived from this early period in American history are super rare to find, especially in great condition.

Over time, coins can become rare collectibles that are sold for thousands, if not millions, of dollars in the present day. That’s because the United States has been minting coins since 1793.

President Donald Trump has announced that pennies will no longer be minted or circulated. Do you have valuable pennies stored ...

making it an extremely coveted coin. to the point of reaching the value of $19 million dollars in an auction held in 2021. When the US Mint replaced the Liberty Head nickel with the Indian Head ...

A spokesperson for the Treasury Department confirmed to USA TODAY that the government recently made its final order of penny blanks, flat metal discs that become coins. The United States Mint will ...

The historical importance of this coin is what gives it its value, as it was minted in the year the final draft of the United States Constitution was signed. It was minted by the goldsmith Ephraim ...

Other historic US coins have fetched vast sums at auction too. A rare 1794 silver dollar believed to be one of the first – if not the first – made by the US mint sold for $10 million in 2013.

Pennies will still be legal tender, but cash prices will soon be rounded up or down to the nearest nickel (which cost even ...

“A lot of times when coins come to us, they come to us from a lot of different ... Now that scavenger hunt is real for Houstonians with four rare coins somewhere in the greater Houston area ...